LOCALLY, LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS AHEAD OF US TO THE NORTH COMING UP RIGHT UP. ONE MAN IS DEAD TONIGHT ORPHGUNFIRE ERUPTS INSIDE OF A PACKED SOUTHSIDE CLUB, THE SECOND DEADLY SHOOTING AT THAT CLUB IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT HAPPENED INSIDE MASCARA'S GENTELMAN'S CLUB NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHSIDE AND BEACH BOULEVARD AROUND 4:00 THIS MORNING. WE SPOKE TO INVESTIGATORS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY WHO SAY THEY WANT THE CLUB TO CLOSE ITS DOORS FOR CLUB. ER. THE MASCARA'S GENTELMAN'S CLUB IS LITERALLY ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM A RESIDENTIAL MANY. MANY WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA IS HOPING THAT THE LATEST DEATH HERE WILL HELP TO BRING THEIR FIGHT TO GET THE CLUB TO SHUT DOWN. I HOPE IT SHUTS DOWN. WE'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR IT TO CLOSE FOR A LONG TIME. ONCE AGAIN SARAH SAYS SHE WOKE UP TO GUNFIRE FROM THE MASCARA'S GENTELMAN'S CLUB. THIS TIME SHERIFFS SAY A MAN WAS SHOT INSIDE THE CLUB IN FRONT OF MULTIPLE WITNESSES. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CLUB AT THE TIME, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT NOW. ONE OF SEVERAL SHOOTINGS IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. IN OCTOBER A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE CLUB AND GUNFIRE ERUPTED IN THE PARKING LOT JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO. MASCARA HIRED EXTRA SECURITY AT THE DOOR. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WE'VE HEARD GUN SHOTS AT 3:00, 4:00 IN THE MORNING AND WE HAVE TO CALL IT IN AND YOU GET UP TO MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN ARE STILL BREATHING. NOTHING CAME THROUGH YOUR HOUSE, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY. POLICE SAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE CLUB AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. LOCALS SAY THIS RECENT VIOLENCE ONLY MAKES THEIR COMMUNITY LESS DESIRABLE. WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OUT BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF IT. RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE HOPING TO PLAN A SERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO FIND OUT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

Homicide detectives say a man in his 20s was shot and killed early Sunday morning inside Mascara's Gentleman's Club near the intersection of Southside and Beach boulevards.

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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office say it happened at 4:20 a.m. Officers are still working to find out what led up to the shooting or how many times the man was shot, but they do believe the man shot was the intended target.

The medical examiner will determine the victim's identity.

Police say there were dozens of witnesses, so additional detectives were brought to conduct interviews.

This is not the first deadly shooting at the adult club. A 29-year-old man was killed inside Mascara's during a dispute between eight to 10 people about 4 a.m. on Oct. 6, 2012.

Several shots were fired outside the same adult club in May of this year, but the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said no one was injured in that incident.

Karen Powell, who lives a block away from the strip club says once again she was woken up by the gunfire.

"I hope this is the incident that leads to the club being shut down, we've been begging for it for a long time," said Powell.

Other neighbors are concerned about their children's safety.

"It makes you feel unsafe, I have three children, and I've woken up to gunshots on multiple occasions at 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning, and you get up to make sure you kids still breathing and nothing came into your house. It shouldn't have to be this way," said a neighbor who wishes to remain anonymous.

"You have a neighborhood right across the street, and families are literally moving out because of all the danger that exists," said Powell.

Local residents tell Channel 4 they are hoping to plan a series of community meetings so they can have a say in what's next for The Mascara's Gentleman's Club.

The owner of the club would not comment on the latest shooting.

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